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Subjecthifn_795x in a MacMini?
Hi Evgeniy,

while doing "make menuconfig" on a shiny new MacMini[0] I came across the
option for the HIFN 795x crypto accelerator. I've set:

CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_HIFN_795X=m
CONFIG_CRYPTO_DEV_HIFN_795X_RNG=y

and after loading the module, dmesg shows:

Driver for HIFN 795x crypto accelerator chip has been successfully registered.

Somehow this message sounds to me, as if this MacMini does have such a
chip. This would be surprising, as I thought the chip is a highly
specialized one, and expensive too. Also
there's no ../devices/ symlink in /sys/bus/pci/drivers/hifn795x. Still,
why would the driver load into the kernel when there's no such chip?

Thanks,
Christian.

[0] http://support.apple.com/specs/macmini/Mac_mini_Mid_2007.html
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